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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1943: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 1943Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 August 1943406,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
406,084 km252,329 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 22, 194316:05
New Moon (after)Monday, August 30, 194320:00

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1943 to the new moon of August 30, 1943, a cycle of 29.66 days.